Neuphilologisches Institut
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

SEMINAR:
SEMANTICS

Oliver M. Traxel

SS 14
Wd 8-10

Room: ÜR 12


SCHEDULE

Here you find the suggested course schedule. Each student is required to give a presentation within a group, which will make up 20% of the final mark. Our main textbook, which everyone is supposed to read, is J. Saaed, Semantics, 3rd ed. (Oxford, 2009). Chapters which may be consulted as a starting point for the presentations are mentioned below, though you are required to use further sources, as found, for example, in the Bibliography. Some suggestions are included in the schedule, and there is also a section called "further reading" at the end of each chapter in the textbook.

It is highly recommended that you visit a Themenbereich-Tutorial, where you will learn how to write your term paper. You will have to apply for a place at SB@Home.

Session Date Topic Base Literature Presentations
         
1. 9.4. Introduction    
2. 16.4. Meaning, Thought and Reality Saeed, ch. 2; Löbner, ch. 9; Riemer, chs. 1.4, 3, 7.1 & 11.5 Alisa Kumm, Sarah Köhler, Pia Messerschmitt, Julia Strung
3. 23.4. Lexical Meaning Saeed, chs. 3 & 9.1-9.2; Löbner, chs. 3, 5 & 8; Riemer, chs. 5 & 11.3-11.4 Daniela Glocker, Melanie Gronbach, Antonia Kramp
4. 30.4. OED, HTE and Semantic Change OED & HTE website; Jackson & Zé Amvela, ch. 8; Durkin, ch. 8; Riemer, chs. 2.1 & 11.2 Sabine Buhmann, Lisa Markert, Nicole Ziegler
5. 7.5. Revision and Exercises    
6. 14.5. Presupposition and Entailment Saeed, ch. 4; Griffiths, ch. 8.2; Löbner, ch. 4; Riemer, ch. 6 Hannah Kern, Sarah Maurer, Sebastian Triemer
7. 21.5. Sentences and Situations Saeed, ch. 5; Griffiths, chs. 4, 6 & 7; Riemer, ch. 9 Corinna Ehrmann, Melanie Fankhauser, Alexander Rogowski
8. 28.5. Sentences and Participants Saeed, ch. 6; Löbner, ch. 6; Riemer, ch. 10 Bahar Bircan, Julia Michael, Svenja Schuster, Valdrina Stublla
9. 4.6. Interaction and Meaning Saeed, ch. 7; Griffiths, ch. 8.1; Riemer, chs. 3.2.3 & 4.4-7 Jacqueline Heyden, Patrick Kosiner, Nina Link, Nicole Raabe
10. 11.6. Speech Act Theory Saeed, ch. 8; Griffiths, ch. 8.3; Kissine; Riemer, ch. 4.1-3 Sina Brunner, Anne Eckle, Sibylle Feil, Lisa Krauskopf
11. 18.6. Cognitive Semantics Saeed, ch. 11; Griffiths, ch. 5; Riemer, ch. 7.2 Pearl-Sue Carper, Lukas Hellmuth, Natalie Kübert
12. 25.6. Discussion of Coursework    
13. 2.7. Final Discussion    
  29.7. Latest Date of Submission   (10-12 o'clock, HiWi office)


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